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1-News-Head

An apology- -no pay raise- -from the Mayor and City Council.
That's our top story on NEWS-7 at SIX tonight.
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VO-NAT

And an obscenity charge leveled at the corporation that runs a Roanoke
night club called: "Girls, Girls, Girls."
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Sports-Head

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports head
GRAPHIC=NONE

Tonight on News 7 sports, Vijay Singh wins the Memorial, Karl Malone says the
Jazz players have no excuses, Steve Mason talks with a high school slugger who
produced some gaudy numbers this season.
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and former Avalanche star Jamey Wright is back in town to pitch tonight at 7
at Salem Memorial.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None

The New River Valley was pounded by hail, lightning and heavy rain and those
storms are still rumbling around. The latest in the weather segment.

City-Council

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=jda
TAPE#97-22
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Seal

Declaring the pay raise controversy a fiasco, Roanoke City Council has
abandoned plans to raise its own salary.
Double Boxes=Keith/Joe Microwave

Joe Dashiell reports from the Municipal Building where council also
scaled-back raises for top city administrators today.
LIVE=Joe Full
SUPER=@Joe1;
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((Rollcue: they took another round of criticism today.))
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Double Boxes=Keith/Joe Microwave

Flooding

ANCHOR=Eric
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=eea
TAPE#97-21
GRAPHIC=Flooding

Heavy rains yesterday flooded Rockbridge and Roanoke Counties.
Some parts of Rockbridge County recorded up to 8-inches of rain.
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VO-NAT
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In Glasgow, the town fire department flooded, and water threatened some
homes last night.
SUPER=04-Today;

But this morning, the water had receded, and officials say there was no
serious damage.
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Some people in Roanoke were not so lucky...
A torrent of mud and water rushed into three buildings at Williamsburg Manor
apartments.
A retaining wall under construction at a nearby building site apparently
gave way, sending run-off down the hill into the apartment complex.
Jack Light and his wife had to move fast to get their belongings out of the
muddy flood.
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((JACK LIGHT/RESIDENT; THERE WAS NOTHING BUT A SHEET OF WATER COMING OVER THE
WALL BEHIND US.... AND THEN I KNEW WE WERE IN SOME BIG TROUBLE.))
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VO-NAT

The apartment manager says the construction site contractor is covering the
cost of the clean-up and temporary housing for residents who have to move out.
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Citizen complaints led to a police department investigation, in which vice
squad detectives observed nudity and sexually explicit activity on four
separate occasions.
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SOT
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((So we're talking no tops, no bottoms, no nothing. DENNIS NAGEL/ASST.
COMMONWEALTH'S ATTY: THIS IS A CORPORATION THAT INITIALLY WAS DANCING, THE
DANCERS WERE DANCING IN BATHING SUITS. WHAT THE DETECTIVES FOUND THIS TIME IS
THAT THEY WERE STRIPPING COMPLETELY.))
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VO-NAT

Right now only the corporate officers and owners of Girls Girls Girls have
been charged.
A representative from the company must appear in court later this month.
The dancers and the manager running Girls Girls Girls at the time of the
alleged offenses could also end up facing charges.
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Stanley had been charged with shooting his son at their home last February.
At a preliminary hearing in April, the judge dismissed the case, because
Scott Stanley could not remember much about the incident.
Franklin County prosecutor Cliff Hapgood went to the grand jury and got an
indictment today.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE

Also indicted today, a camp counselor from Roanoke, on charges of sexually
molesting a 13-year-old girl.
Joseph Wayne Doyle is accused of sexual battery, and sexual penetration with
an object.
The indicents allegedly happened while Doyle was a counselor at the Smith
Mountain Lake 4-H camp.

Truck-Crash

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Accident

An 18 year old man suffered serious injuries today when he crashed a pickup
truck into Alleghany High School in Covington.
State police say Matthew Judkins smashed into a brick wall at the school.
A Charlottesville construction company reported the truck stolen from Route
60.
No one inside the school was injured.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE

Still to come on the newscast, a longtime fixture in Roanoke's political
scene says he will NOT run for re-election,
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VO-NAT
and we'll meet a man who is trying to convince young people to follow in the
footsteps of a national hero.
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Decals

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=spr
TAPE#97-38
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Seal

Roanoke's Commissioner of Revenue is coming under fire for errors in
personal property assessments.
And there is now talk of overhauling the system entirely.
Double Boxes=Keith/Scott Microwave

Today, Hudson confirmed he will not run for re-election.
He's stepping down when his current term expires at the end of the year.
Hudson says it was a difficult decision to make, one that he wrestled with
up until Saturday's filing deadline.
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SUPER=01-Alvin Hudson/Roanoke Sheriff;
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=hold

Hudson hopes chief deputy George McMillan will succeed him as sheriff.
McMillan is the only democrat who has filed for the election.
There's no word yet whether any Republicans will enter the race.

AG-Race

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-26
GRAPHIC=Campaign 97

Virginia Republicans are eight days from picking their candidate for
attorney general.
And one of those candidates says he might have to drop out of the race.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;

Paula Jones' attorney Gil Davis told The Washington Post that IF he had to
choose between doing a good job with Jones' case and his campaign -- he'd quit
the campaign.
Davis also chose NOT to participate in the Christian Coalition voter guide
for the race.
In the voter guide, the candidate expected to get the most Coalition support
has a possible liability.
The Coalition chose to include Mark Earley's support for binding arbitration
for teachers in the survey.
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((JERRY KILGORE/R-CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GEN.: WELL IT CERTAINLY AGAIN RAISES
THE WEAKNESS IN MARK EARLEY'S PAST THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF
VIRGINIA'S RIGHT TO WORK STATUTE AS FULLY AS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.))
SUPER=@Kilgore;
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VO-NAT

Neither Earley or Davis returned phone calls for this story.
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Stocks

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE

New signs of a robust economy could signal an increase in interest rates and
that pushed some sectors of the stock market down.
The DOW lost 41 and a-half points to close for the day at 72-hundred-89.
NASDAQ ROSE four and a-half points.
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Booker-March

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=KHu
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Imagine having to be at work at four A-M- -taking time out for school-
-then going back to the salt mines... all before the age of 12.
That describes the life of America's premier Black educator- -when Booker
T. Washington was just "Up from Slavery" ...illiterate, but determined to do
something about it.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.

Joe Bundy knows as much about Booker T. Washington as anyone.
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OUT Q=epitomizes that effort.
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((HE WAS ALWAYS A HERO IN MY FAMILY GROWING UP.))
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This weekend Bundy began a 250-mile trek from the Hale's Ford section of
Franklin County to Charleston, West Virginia- -roughly re-creating the trip
Washington made at age nine- -on foot- -as a newly-freed slave.
11:58:30 - - walking past
((WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH PLANTATIONS, SLAVERY IN THE DEEP SOUTH, BUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THERE WAS ALSO INDUSTRIAL SLAVERY.))
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His family settled in Malden, West Virginia where he worked in the salt
mines.
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((THE STORY ABOUT HIM HAVING TO WORK IN THE SALT WORKS, LOAD SALT IN THE
BARRELS,TIGHTEN THIS UP THEN WORK FROM LIKE FIVE O'CLOCK TO NINE O'CLOCK IN
THE MORNING, THEN GO TO SCHOOL AND COME BACK AFTER SCHOOL AND WORK... all at
the age of about 11 or 12. YEAH. HE WAS ABOUT 11 AT THAT TIME. THEN WHEN HE
REALIZED HE COULDN'T DO THAT, BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING TO SCHOOL TOO LATE, THE
KID WORKS ALL DAY AND GOES TO NIGHT SCHOOL. HA HA. YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF
DETERMINATION.))
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Washington not only earned a PhD, he founded Tuskegee Institute.
11:55:27
((THE KEY TO BEING FREE AND TO BEING IN A FREE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY WAS
EDUCATION. AND SO HE WAS A PART OF THAT WHOLE ERA, BUT HE REALLY EPITOMIZES
THAT EFFORT.))
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VO-NAT

Bundy hopes to be in Charleston in time for West Virginia Day on the 20th.
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Sports Tease

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#sports tease
GRAPHIC=NONE

Coming your way tonight on News 7 sports, Vijay wins the rain shortened
Memorial, the last American is ousted at the French Open, Jamey Wright is back
on the hill for the Avalanche tonight.
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And Steve Mason has the story of a high school baseball player who was
anything but a pitcher's friend this past season.
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S-Avalanche

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#CL-97
GRAPHIC=AVALANCHE

The Salem Avalanche is trying to once again play at Memorial field after
getting washed away yesterday.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-MLB; :00

Tonight area fans will get a chance to see the first Avalanche player to
make it to the big leagues, Jamey Wright.
Wright joined the Colorado Rockies on July 2nd of last year and 15 starts in
his first stint.
This year he is 4-and-2 with Colorado and in Salem to continue rehabbing an
injured right clavicle.
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ANCHOR=Mike
SS=AVALANCHE

Salem's game is still on for seven, but
SS=HILLCATS

the Hillcats game at Wilmington tonight already has been postponed due to
rain.

S-Dodger

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6PM
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-24
GRAPHIC=MLB

Rehab of a different kind is coming up for Los Angeles Dodger rookie Wilton
Guerrero.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=04-MLB; :00

The National League suspended him today for 8 games for using a corked bat
yesterday.
He also was fined an undisclosed amount.
Guerrero is tied for the major league lead in triples with six.
The suspension begins tonight. He'll be able to return to the
lineup on June tenth.
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S-Giles

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-5
GRAPHIC=Baseball

State baseball tournament action joins softball and soccer as one of the
hot topics in June.
SS=Chris Hutchison

While the season is over for Giles star Chris Hutchison; Steve Mason says the
senior has made some memories that will last a lifetime.
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SUPER=03-Radford; :00
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((Hutchison was an all state selection; leaving his coach with a easy decision
when it came to working with Chris in his final year.
((:))
This year turned into a statistical eruption. Hutchison batted .650 with
52 RBI's and 18 homeruns.
((:))
((STEVE MASON:))
((CHRIS:))
Hutchison wears number 7 from his centerfield position for Giles. His hard
work while dawning number 9 from the Spartan backfield has also aided his cause
in at the plate.
((:))
Chris will play in the mid July East/West All star game in Hampton and is
headed to Virginia Tech next year on a partial baseball scholarship.))
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S-Memorial

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-26
SS=PGA TOUR

It took an extra day and 18 fewer holes but the Muirfield Village Golf course
finally dried out enough for this week's PGA event,
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Dublin, OH/ESPN; :00

The Memorial to let the tournament wrapup 54 holes today.
Vijay Singh took advantage of the overcast, foggy condition as he hits one of
the finest 3 wood shots from the fairway that you will ever see, knocking the
ball to within a foot of the cup on hole number 11.
Vijay shot a 67 today to finish the 54 holes with a two shot win over Greg
Norman.
Singh picked up $342 thousand dollars with the win.
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S-French

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#S6-27
GRAPHIC=FRENCH OPEN

Rain also played havoc with play at the French Open today in the fourth
round.
Unfortunately, the rain couldn't save the last American from exiting the
tourney.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Paris, France/ESPN; :00

Michael Chang, who won the Open in 1989, was sent back across the Atlantic by
Spain's Sergi Bruguera.
After dropping the opening set, Bruguera stormed back to take the next three
and the match 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4.
This will be the first time since the 1987 Australian Open that an American
has not reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event.
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S-NBA

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=sma
TAPE#=S7-3
GRAPHIC=NBA Finals

The Bulls have a 1-nothing lead over the Jazz heading into game two of the
best of seven series Wednesday night.
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VO-NAT #eng
SUPER=03-Chicago, IL/NBC; :00

Karl Malone exited the United Center floor in a hurry after watching
Michael Jordan hit the game winning shot as time expired for a 84-82 victory.
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S-Rudd

ANCHOR=Mike
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#R-36
GRAPHIC=POCONO

The Winston Cup circuit heads to Pocono this week, and Ricky Rudd can;t wait
to get there to see if his luck will hold up.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Dover, DE/TNN; :00

By his own admittance, Rudd had no better than a fourth or fifth place car
yesterday.
But when Dale Jarrett, Jeff Gordon and finally Ernie irvan each eliminated
themselves from contention and handed over the lead, Rudd had nothing better to
do than hold off Mark Martin for the win.
Rudd now has at least one win in 15 straight seasons.
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